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Arkansas Cheesecake

Arkansas Cheesecake is a modern American recipe for a classic no-bake cheesecake with a biscuit (cookie) crumb crust with a milk, egg, cottage cheese, vanilla and lemon filling set with gelatine and cool whip topped with a crumb topping of crushed biscuits, cinnamon and nutmeg. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Arkansas Cheesecake.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

10 minutes

Total Time:

30 minutes

Additional Time:

(+chilling)

Serves:

10

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Spice RecipesMilk RecipesCheese RecipesCake RecipesUSA Recipes

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Ingredients:

1 Graham Cracker Cheesecake Crust

For the Filling:
1 egg, separated
120ml skim milk
1 packet gelatine (1 envelope [7g powdered gelatine])
1/8 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar substitute
360g cottage cheese
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
6 tbsp Cool Whip

For the Crumb Topping:
2 Graham Crackers (or Digestive Biscuit), finely crushed
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
freshly-grated nutmeg, to taste

Method:

Cream the cottage cheese in a bowl until very smooth then set aside. Add the egg yolk in the top of a bain-marie (double boiler) and beat thoroughly then add the milk, gelatine and salt. Cook over barely boiling water until the gelatine dissolves and the mixture begins to thicken (about 10 minutes). Take off the heat then beat in the sugar substitute and set aside to cool. When lukewarm beat the cottage cheese, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds when dropped from a spoon.

In a clean and dry bowl beat the egg white until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the egg white and the cool whip into the cottage cheese mixture then pour onto a prepared Graham Cracker Cheesecake Crust. Transfer to a refrigerator and chill over night. When ready to serve, remove the ring from around the cheesecake then combine the biscuit (cookie) crumbs, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl and use as a topping for the cheesecake.